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Jun 09, 2011
Linda Boyd
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Starting this today w/a coworker at work. We are going to share the audio - she has already started and is loving it so far!!
OMG!!! I finished this today - and all I can say is wow!!! This book had me crying at the end! I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about it being written in the 60's and in the state of Mississippi, but I was amazing. I was so pulling for those maids!!! If you get a chance to read this book, pick up the audio - it is an amazing group of women that did a fabulous job. Ca ...more
OMG!!! I finished this today - and all I can say is wow!!! This book had me crying at the end! I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about it being written in the 60's and in the state of Mississippi, but I was amazing. I was so pulling for those maids!!! If you get a chance to read this book, pick up the audio - it is an amazing group of women that did a fabulous job. Ca ...more
This was a book that I devoured. I sat down to read it, couldn't stop, and the characters are still with me. I had heard so many people talking about it, but just felt like I couldn't read one more piece of "Southern fiction". I am happy to say that this book was so original and the characters so well developed that I didn't feel like it was another "genre" read.
I found myself wishing this morning that it hadn't ended so I could see what went on to become of everyone's lives. Definitely recomme ...more
I found myself wishing this morning that it hadn't ended so I could see what went on to become of everyone's lives. Definitely recomme ...more
I was in a reading desert - until I read this book. The books I had been reading left me unengaged and going through the motions. The narration of The Help sucked me into the story in the first chapter, and I found myself at the oasis. I loved the character development in the book. The only flaw was that I wanted more from the resolution. Did Minny leave her husband for good? What happened to Abilene? Did Skeeter succeed in New York? Did Mae Mobley grow up to be like Abilene or Miss Elizabeth?
Best book I read this year. A well written story, it took me down South in the Sixties and into the complicated relationships of Southern women and their Help.
So much more than just about "the help". While referencing her own small town antics, a woman discovers the greater meaning to those who serve her and her family. To the black woman's plight in a civil rights era, to the white woman's reality unraveling with the times, the author successfully reveals the black and the white side of history. I was educated, entertained and glad to have read this book. It is everything I heard it would be - no over hype here - it was wonderful. So many lessons for
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Fantastic!!!!!
Loved it! Read it in a day! It was interesting to me which characters I liked at teh end of the story. Would definitely recommend.
What a wonderful book! I can't say enough good things about it.
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Mar 10, 2010
Heather (DeathByBook)
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Najat
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Amanda
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